Daily Republican., 1887-01-21
Our sugar supply.

Am0n8et tne nocoBehKfoo OF ilto upoh
which an import duty IL yet laid and
collected IL that Of sugar, and that duty
II imposed only In Difference 10 the
sugar raisers OF Louisiana. The repro
ssntAtives In Congress from Louisiana.
though solidly Dem ocrats, are friends
of projection from personal aad selfish
interests, and these motives move them
% vote with the Republican party In
Congress whenever the question OF pro-
teotlon II Ut issue. 1t 10 . question
whether II u wise to protect this single
tnssroat In ths one State Of louisiana
ut the expense OF the whole people of
the United States. There 10 now .
strong sentiment In the country In
fnvor Of repeating the duty on imported
sugar. In Baltimore, . city very
largely interested Ia the importation
and refining OF sugar, . memorial to
Congress. Ia being largely signed asking
Congress to repeal the duty on sugar.
The memorialists feel that tax burthens
should DO released upon something and
they single out sugar rs the one thing
that would cause more relief oil over
the country, because sugar Is In more
general use than any other article o..
oousu % ption, leaving out, OF course,
bread and meat. Saoh repeal would
have certain special convenier COS and
advantages. The suount OF sugar
produced In the United States icing
small, the effect OF the repeal upon do.
mes.io ind astrles would be inoonsid-
cradle, white the ensuing advantage 10
the general trade OF the country would
be immense, and finally the consumer
would be released from the pay ment Of
. duty on what has long been recog-
nlzed as one OF the common necessAries
of life. There lie, however, one thing
that stands As q menace to the repeal Of
the duty on sugar, and that is the dan
ger OF the sugar producing countrie:
levying . larger export duty than THU
country levies as an import duty
Brasil folio we'd this course with hel
coffee after the United States hst
placed 1t ON the tres list and now ooffe'
IL higher than when an import dut,
WAS exRc.ed. The Baltimore memor
iAlists see this diff ,ulty In the way AMI
propose to get around 1t by denying an.
country free entry into American port
unless sugar was shipped free Of duty
IL Is Doubtful however, II such
course would fully meet the case 9
long as we are dependent upon foreig
countries for our sugar supplies, Tn
only feasible way out OF the diff cult
would appeal to lie In this oountr
raising its own sugar rs Germany
F;ance and Russia are doing for then
selves by the successful cultivation
the sugar bee, which affords them n
~ oh {f
but large amonn for export. Oae
the best things for Congress to
would be to offer a premium for d
mesdc cultivation OF sugar. TIL
might NOT be immediate In its effec
upon the sugar interests OF the countr
but 1t would be paving the way for 4
Development OF great home tndust
tina. would give employ ment to tho
sands OF unemployed lsborers and
suit In cheap sugar for the sixty in
lions Of people that 60 TO make up II
great nation.
In the line OF sugar duty reform,
Congress az Hisceck's bill be has 1
troduced into Congress, which propo.
to cut down the surplus by reduci
the tariff on sugar oue-half, subs,i'
ting direct bounty for the REMIT
portion OF the doty. 1t also provit
for the payment OF Q bounty of t
dollars upen every two thousa
pounds OF bee,s produced or sugar ca
raised in the country. The redut
duty is to apply only to sugar COM
from foreign countries free from an
port tax, and whenever such tax
levied upon II the present tariff will
maintained.